On This Day In Def Leppard History (13th August 2023)

On This Day in Def Leppard History - 13th August, the following concerts and events took place. Including the single 'Rock Of Ages' reaching Number 16 on the Billboard Top 100 chart on this day in 1983.

The second single from the 'Pyromania' album spent 15 weeks on the chart.

Read more more about this chart anniversary.

Also on this day in 1987 the band performed 'Animal' on UK TV show Top Of The Pops. Their first ever broadcast appearance on the show which helped to make the song their first Top 10 single when it reached Number 6.

Read more more about this TV appearance anniversary including video footage.

On the same day the Hysteria album was at Number One in the US Billboard Top 200 chart for a third week.

Def Leppard play another show on The World Tour later tonight in Omaha, NE with the band on stage after 7pm.

Read more about this show. View the Live Updates.

As of 2023, Def Leppard (will) have played 15 times on this date.

Use the previous news links to go back through each day in history.

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